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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-8

The amount received by a municipality under 1° of article L. 2334-22 is equal to the product of its population multiplied by the relative difference between the average per capita financial potential…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-89

The purpose of veterinary pharmacovigilance is to monitor the effects of veterinary medicinal products, mainly their adverse effects on animals and humans, and the scientific evaluation of information…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-8

Notwithstanding articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, the assets relating to commitments allocated to a subsidiary allocation account mentioned in article L. 134-2 are recorded in the allocation balance sh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-8

The portions of the envelope calculated under the conditions set out in article R. 2336-7 accruing to the communes of the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and to the territorial co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Worker information and training

Article R4412-89

Workers are informed of the potentially harmful effects of exposure to chemical substances on fertility, on the embryo in particular at the start of pregnancy, on the foetus and on the child in the ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional and interregional councils

Article D4311-88

The Regional Council elects from among its members the members who make up the restricted panel called upon to deliberate under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of I of article L. 43…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-8

The three-year agreement on objectives and performance referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 6333-5 defines the strategic, operational and performance objectives of the Caisse des dépôts et…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Coverage of professionalisation contracts

Article D6332-88

Expenditure incurred by employers of companies with fewer than 50 employees in excess of the lump sums provided for in article D. 6332-85 may be financed by the skills operator from funds allocated to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consistency between the data of the medical device or in vitro diagnostic medical device and the result of the medical biology examination

Article D6211-8

For the purposes of Article L. 6211-12, the result of the measurement of a test requiring a medical device or an in vitro diagnostic medical device is said to be consistent with the result of the corr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-8

The benefit of the filing date of the patent application is acquired on the date of submission of at least one copy of the documents listed in Article L. 612-2, drawn up in the French language, subjec…

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